Comments on: Goat milk, what a delight! 18/40

By: anaj

anaj — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 07:42:09 +0000

Btw, Little Otik, the film I just mentioned in my daily post, would also be worthwhile.

By: lallopallo

lallopallo — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 07:39:34 +0000

Thanks a lot for this information. I will keep you updated..somebody recently told me about ” The criterion Collection” to check for best of European Cinema.
As for my story, it’s about Lallopallo visits Moon
Just kidding, I will tell you about it in detail soon.

By: anaj

anaj — Sun, 11 Mar 2007 12:49:22 +0000

Btw, what kind of a story is your script about?

By: anaj

anaj — Sun, 11 Mar 2007 12:49:00 +0000

In the introduction, I do not focus on any type of cinema in particular, although it often comes in handy to juxtapose Hitchcock and Godard (Continuity vs Discontinuity cinema). So any Nouvelle vague director would be a recommendation, Godard and Truffaut to start with. If you are interested in a more recent cinema, I’d recommend Austrian directors. If you can get your hands on a copy of Hundstage, by Ulrich Seidl, http://www.allegrofilm.at/katalog_detail.asp?KatalogID=60, that’d be a good start. It is, however, a rather radical film - but if you can appreciate it, then Austrian cinema would be for you.

By: lallopallo

lallopallo — Sun, 11 Mar 2007 10:56:10 +0000

Introduction to film studies..that sounds cool! Iam writing a script for a fiction movie which I intend to direct myself very soon..it’s a dream I have nurtured since long.
So what type of cinema you focus on..World cinema or European cinema? May be you could point me towards some less known, but good, European cinema..Iam particularly interested in neo-realism type of cinema which originated in Italy after the depression of world war 2. Remember Bicycle thieves? And more recent manifestation of that was , amazing masterpiece ” Life is beautiful” by Robert Benigni

By: anaj

anaj — Sat, 10 Mar 2007 22:09:37 +0000

I teach English - but all my courses are so-called Content and Language Integrated Courses, and, among other things, I also get to teach an Introduction to Film Studies

By: lallopallo

lallopallo — Sat, 10 Mar 2007 22:04:03 +0000

Iam told Mahatama Gandhi used to drink Goat milk I dont know but I have always been wary of goat milk ..I always thought that it might be healthy but has very bad taste and smell..Going by what you say, it may not be the case.
Btw, what do you teach..is it something related to movies?

By: anaj

anaj — Sat, 10 Mar 2007 20:46:18 +0000

Really? Papa Ratzi is one of the affectionate names he’s been giving in Europe - that was a natural, as pope in Latin/Italian is _papa_ anyway. Habemus papam.

By: cerebraljetsam

cerebraljetsam — Sat, 10 Mar 2007 20:31:02 +0000

yes, i believe that is one of the archetypal things. jung has a loft of fun with it (that old fascist). you can also find it in some tarot decks etc. it is two horns at the top, two hanging ears and the tip of the beard. there is a really interesting tarot set designed by h.r. giger that has a pretty scary rendition of such an inverted-goat-pentagram.

and: hadn’t heard “papa ratzi” yet. hee, hee.

By: anaj

anaj — Sat, 10 Mar 2007 18:15:05 +0000

Aesthetically - indeed, although I wasn’t aware of this. Now my dreams can scare the shit out of me, too! Another bizarre element of that dream: some seats had loose, bulging covers, giving rise to the eerie idea that somebody/something might be hidden beneath.

Is that common knowledge that goats’ faces are inverted pentagram sor just a sudden idea? Since I am not catholic, Papa Ratzi has hardly a say over me. Phew!

And procrastination is certainly among my favourite English words